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Fatima Raja (2005 - 2006)

Pakistan

Fatima Raja

Fatima is from Pakistan, and earned her BA (Hons) from Harvard University, in Folklore and Mythology. She was active in the management of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Programme.

She was the senior features editor of The Friday Times (TFT), in Lahore and founded and edited “Books Etc”, TFT's book review magazine. Fatima is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, and has taught creative writing workshops for gifted children. She has published over 100 articles, reports, book reviews and other publications, and is currently communications consultant at UNICEF Pakistan.

As a Sauvé Scholar, Fatima was an editor of the McGill International Review and researched and presented a paper on third-gender identities in Pakistan. She also learned to bake bread.

Country of origin

Pakistan

“Leaders must dream of changing the world.

They must have an inspired vision of the changes they want to make and be prepared to consecrate all
their energy to that purpose. A capacity to communicate their objectives is indispensable to sustain
the enthusiasm of their collaborators and their perseverance in action.”
— The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Opening Speech to the National Conference for Young Leaders, June 2-8, 1991